N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43G-7.29

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 8:43G-7.29 - PTCA staff qualifications

(a) Any physician performing PTCA as primary operator shall meet one of the following qualifications:

1. Is board certified in both internal medicine and the subspecialty of cardiovascular disease, or is board eligible in the subspecialty of cardiovascular disease and shall be examined within two years of initial cardiac eligibility. Physicians meeting either of these qualifications must additionally complete the training and experience requirement in cardiac catheterization including 24 months in the cardiac catheterization laboratory during which time the individual actively participated in at least 200 PTCA's under the supervision of primary operators provided by no more than two separate institutions; or

2. Is board certified in internal medicine and the subspecialty of cardiovascular disease as of July 1, 1990 and has performed at least 50 PTCA's per year as the primary operator for each of the past two years.

(b) Each physician performing PTCA shall perform a minimum of 75 cases per year or 150 over a two-year period, excluding the first year of practice after training. The physician shall perform at least 50 cases annually as the primary operator.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43G-7.29

Amended by R.1992 d.72, effective 2/18/1992.
See: 23 New Jersey Register 2590(a), 24 New Jersey Register 590(a).
Qualifications for PCTA primary operator specified at (a).
Recodified from N.J.A.C. 8:43G-7.23 and amended by R.1999 d.436, effective 12/20/1999.
See: 31 New Jersey Register 367(a), 31 New Jersey Register 614(a), 31 New Jersey Register 4293(c).
Rewrote (b). Former N.J.A.C. 8:43G-7.29, Pediatric cardiac services standards; scope, recodified to N.J.A.C. 8:43G-7.35.